qathet Regional District’s board has directed staff to discontinue the organics pilot program operations at the Sunshine Disposal facility and consolidate organics operations at the resource recovery centre (RRC).
According to a staff report tabled at the March 11 regional board meeting, since 2016, the regional district has provided free compostable food and yard waste (organics) drop-off at several locations in the region, including the Town Centre recycling depot, the Tla’amin community recycling depot, and Sunshine Disposal’s facility on Franklin Street. All organic material collected was and continues to be transported by contractors to Salish Soils in Sechelt.
In October 2024, the Town Centre depot and the related organics drop-off point was moved to the RRC recycling depot, completing the next phase of the RRC operations as designed in qRD’s 2017 to 2027 solid waste management and resource recovery plan.
The RRC is now ready to handle larger and more frequent deliveries of organics on the transfer station side of the facility, according to the staff report. There is currently an opportunity to consolidate qRD’s organics operations at the RRC, creating program efficiency and reducing costs by approximately $55,000 per year, the report stated.
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